In an era where the talent is a little thin overall behind the plate, Realmuto has established himself as the best all-around catcher in the game the past two seasons, with two Silver Sluggers and his first Gold Glove in 2019. I've written about Garver a couple of times this offseason and how I'm buying into his breakout 2019 when he mashed 31 home runs in just 311 at-bats, as a swing change produced legitimate pull power.

No Freddie Freeman? In 2017, Freeman elected to play for Canada in honor of his late mother, who died when he was 10 years old. Both of his parents were born in Canada, so Freeman owns dual citizenship, but to make our decision easier let's assume he plays for Canada again in 2021. We'll go with Alonso as the starter in front of Hosmer. He represents everything good about the game right now: He enjoys the game, he has embraced his role as a face of the Mets, and the sport and he just gets it. The other day, he and Mets manager Luis Rojas called an 82-year-old woman, a longtime Mets fan who had been diagnosed with cancer and given only a few weeks to live. Oh, and he hit 53 home runs in 2019.

Muncy will probably play mostly first base for the Dodgers in 2020, but I'm taking him as the second baseman over DJ LeMahieu and Kolten Wong. LeMahieu certainly had an outstanding 2019, but I'm not completely convinced he can do that again. Muncy, meanwhile, has mashed 35 home runs in back-to-back seasons with a .381 OBP, and his defensive metrics are actually solid at second base.

Rendon will be the starter in the championship game -- yes, I'm expecting this team to reach the championship -- given his clutch performance in last year's postseason: He's exactly the kind of slow-heartbeat hitter you want in the lineup.

We'll go Yelich in left, Trout in center and Betts in right as our starting trio, and the only outfield that can top that would be Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. Heck, maybe we'll move Bellinger to first base and let Alonso serve as the DH. It's fun managing an All-Star team! Tommy Edman? Yes, we need our last guy to be somebody just happy to be there, and Edman can play both infield and outfield if needed and with his speed he's also our pinch-running specialist.

Good luck scoring runs against this staff. Cole, deGrom, Scherzer and Strasburg will be the primary four starters, with the others working in relief. Snell and Corbin make the team to give us a couple of lefties in the bullpen -- remember that Corbin tossed three scoreless innings in relief in Game 7 of the World Series for the Nationals. Who starts the championship game? I'm not giving that away just yet.

My initial plan was to go with all starting pitchers because why not, but Hader gives us a third lefty in the bullpen that we might need and Yates has been the best closer in baseball over the past two seasons, so they are both worthy additions.